Actor-director Nadirshah says he is not in police custody after rumours of his arrest spread

Nadirshah, anticipating more trouble, applied for an anticipatory bail which is yet to be heard by the court.

It was reported earlier that officials investigating the Malayalam actress assault case might summon actor-director Nadirshah for another round of questioning. And this led to a speculation that he might be arrested too in connection with the case responding to which Nadirshah approached the High Court for an anticipatory bail. Nadirshah, anticipating more trouble, applied for an anticipatory bail which is yet to be heard by the court.

And according to latest report, rumours of Nadirshah being arrest have been doing rounds which has given a new twist to the Malayalam actress assault case. But Nadirshah, responding to these rumours, has said that he is not arrested and is not in police custody, according to a report in Manoramaonline. It is also being reported that Nadirshah was summoned by the police to appear for questioning but the actor did not because he was admitted in a private hospital.

Reports also reveal that Nadirshah was advised by his legal team to cooperate with the police officials in the case. After Nadirshah was discharged from the hospital, it was expected that he would appear before the police for questioning and senior officials too arrived at the Aluva police station, but the actor failed to appear, reports suggest.

Nadirshah was earlier questioned in July along with actor Dileep in connection with the actress assault case and had filed a complaint with the police that he was being threatened by Pulsar Suni for money. It was after this complaint that police questioned both, Dileep and Nadirshah, and later Dileep was arrested in the case.